Method and apparatus for generating and distributing personalized media clips
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- an insert clip comprising personalized media;
a master clip comprising having an insertion point;
a network interface;
a computer coupled with said network interface wherein said computer further comprises a memory device comprising said insert clip and said master clip;
a process executing on said computer wherein said process is configured to encode said insert clip into insert clip packets and encode said master clip into master clip packets wherein said insert clip packets and said master clip packets are encoded into a degraded frequency response compressed format wherein each racket selected from said insert clip packets and from said master clip packets holds information only for a time duration of each respective packet and wherein said process is further configured to combine said insert clip with said master clip at said insertion point to create an output clip with undetectable transitions at said insertion point.
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Abstract
The invention has many different applications and implementations. One or more embodiments of the invention, however, are directed to a software program and/or computer hardware configured to enable users to select one or more master clips having predefined gaps, obtain insert data (e.g., an insert clip), seamlessly merge the insert data into the selected master clip to generate a media clip, and distribute the media clip having the insert data to one or more receiving users for playback. The method of distribution can vary, but in one or more embodiments of the invention the system is configured to obtain user information from a server, assemble personalized media clips (e.g., file(s)) based on that user information, and distribute the personalized media file to one or more users associated with that user information. Embodiments of the invention may utilize scaleable architectures to process any number of users and/or recipients.
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68 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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an insert clip comprising personalized media; a master clip comprising having an insertion point; a network interface; a computer coupled with said network interface wherein said computer further comprises a memory device comprising said insert clip and said master clip; a process executing on said computer wherein said process is configured to encode said insert clip into insert clip packets and encode said master clip into master clip packets wherein said insert clip packets and said master clip packets are encoded into a degraded frequency response compressed format wherein each racket selected from said insert clip packets and from said master clip packets holds information only for a time duration of each respective packet and wherein said process is further configured to combine said insert clip with said master clip at said insertion point to create an output clip with undetectable transitions at said insertion point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A method comprising:
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recording a master clip; recording a plurality of insert clips; encoding an insert clip selected from said plurality of insert clips into insert clip packets; encoding said master clip into master clip packets wherein said insert clip packets and said master clip packets are encoded into a degraded frequency response compressed format wherein each packet selected from said insert clip rackets and from said master clip packets holds information only for a time duration of each respective packet; saving metadata for said master clip wherein said metadata comprises an insertion point in said master clip; and
,combining said insert clip with said master clip at said insertion point to create an output clip with undetectable transitions at said insertion point. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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